RIZAL’S TRAVELS

PRESENTED BY PROF. MARK DECENA

 GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WHAT WOULD BE THE
FIRST THREE COUNTRIES YOU WOULD LIKE TO
VISIT? PLEASURE, JOB, OR SETTLE PERMANENTLY?
IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER
BEFORE MOVING TO ANOTHER
COUNTRY?
 JOSE RIZAL
THE FIRST FILIPINO OCW TO PUT THE
PHILIPPINES IN THE GLOBAL MAP
UNIVERSIDAD DE STO TOMAS
• OLDEST EXISTING
UNIVERSITY IN THE
PHILIPPINES
PRINCIPALLY GOVERNED
BY THE DOMINICANS
• THE ONLY PONTIFICAL
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN
THE PHILIPPINES
THE NEED TO GO TO EUROPE
• DISILLUSIONED WITH UST
• FURTHER STUDY
• FULFILL A MISSION
(REDEMPTION OF THE
FILIPINOS FROM SPANISH
UNFAIR TREATMENT)
SINGAPORE
• RIZAL FIRST VISIT ABROAD
• HE TOURED THE ISLAND
VISITING THE RAFFLE
STATUE, BOTANICAL
GARDENS, TEMPLES,
MARKETS, AND A SCHOOL.
• RIZAL WAS IMPRESSED OF ITS
GREENERY AND NOTED THAT
ITS POPULATION SEEMED
ASSURED OF THEIR RIGHTS.
THE JOURNEY OF SINGAPORE: FROM THIRD
WORLD TO FIRST
• ONE OF THE LEAST CORRUPT
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD
• BEST AIRPORT IN THE WORLD
• ZERO CRIME RATE
• RULE OF LAW IS VERY HIGH
• COMPETITIVE COUNTRY
• CHEWING GUM IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED
THE STORY OF PROSPEROUS SINGAPORE IS
THE STORY OF LEE KUAN YEW
• ONE OF THE MOST
BENEVOLENT STATESMEN
IN CONTEMPORARY
HISTORY
• AUTHORITARIAN LEADER
 WHAT TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT BEFITS
PROSPEROUS PHILIPPINES IN THE FUTURE?
• MILITARISTIC
LEADERSHIP
• ENTREPRENEURIAL
LEADERSHIP
• TECHNOLOGICAL
LEADERSHIP
• LEGALISTIC LEADERSHIP
CEYLON (SRI LANKA)
• POINT GALLE AS A
PICTURESQUE BUT
LONELY TOWN.
• HE DEFINED COLOMBO
AS AN ELEGANT TOWN
COMPARED TO MANILA.
ADEN, YEMEN
• HOTTER THAN MANILA
• SAW CAMEL FOR THE
FIRST TIME
• LION AND LEOPARD
SKINS WERE FOR SALE IN
THE MARKET
SUEZ CANAL
• THE OPENING OF SUEZ
CANAL CUT SHORT THE
TRAVELLING PERIOD FROM
MANILA TO EUROPE WHICH
NORMALLY TOOK 4-5
MONTHS PRIOR WITHOUT
THE CANAL.
• BUILT BY FRENCH
ENGINEER FERDINAND DE
LESSEPS
 IT'S NOT STRAIGHT THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH; IT HAS CURVES BUT SMALL ONES;
SOMETIMES IT FLOWS INTO A LAKE WHERE IT IS BELIEVED MOSES PASSED, AND
AGAIN ENTERS THE DESERT. IT CROSSES THREE LAKES IN ITS COURSE. ON BOTH
BANKS, WHICH ARE ALL YELLOW AND WHITE, WHERE IT IS A REAL JEWEL TO FIND
GRASS, ARE ERECTED SOME TELEGRAPH STATIONS PLACED AT SEVERAL INTERVALS.
(P. 18, LETTERS BETWEEN RIZAL AND FAMILY MEMBERS, 1876-1896. NHI, 1962).
HONGKONG

• BRITISH COLONY
• MET FILIPINO EXILES
(JOSE MARIA BASA,
WITNESSED TO THE
GOMBURZA EXECUTION)
• ESTABLISHED A CLINIC
• SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH
FAMILY
HONGKONG TODAY

• RETURNED TO CHINA IN
1997
• ONE COUNTRY TWO
SYSTEM
• CITADEL OF POLITICAL
REPRESSION
JAPAN

• CHARMED BY THE NATURAL

BEAUTY OF JAPAN
• MANNERS OF THE JAPANESE
PEOPLE (POLITE, CLEAN AND
INDUSTRIOUS)
• JAPANESE WOMEN
• FEW THIEVES
• BEGGARS WERE RARELY SEEN
• NEGATIVE: HUMAN RICKSHAW
WHAT IS JAPAN TODAY?
• OPENED ITS DOOR TO THE
WEST (MODERNIZED AND
WESTERNIZED)
• DRAG IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR
• IMMEDIATELY RECOVERED
AND BECAME THE FIRST
ECONOMIC MIRACLE IN
ASIA
• DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEM
UNITED STATES
• SAN FRANCISCO TO
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
• RENO, NEVADA- BIGGEST
LITTLE CITY IN THE
WORLD
• UTAH, COLORADO,
NEBRASKA, CHICAGO,
BOSTON
• NEW YORK CITY- BIG
TOWN
UNITED STATES
GOOD
• MATERIAL PROGRESS OF THE
COUNTRY
• THE DRIVE AND ENERGY OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
• NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LAND
• THE HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING
• THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
BETTER LIFE OFFER TO POOR
IMMIGRANTS
UNITED STATES
BAD
• LACK OF CIVIL LIBERTY
(CIVIL RIGHTS)
• RACIAL PREJUDICE
AGAINST THE CHINESE,
JAPANESE, AND OTHER
ASIAN PEOPLE
• VALUING OF MONEY
(MATERIALISM)
WHAT IS UNITED STATES TODAY?
• IS US GLOBAL
LEADERSHIP FADING?
• RACIAL INEQUALITY
• IMMIGRATION
• VIOLENCE (GUN
CULTURE)
• POLARIZATION
• ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
RIZAL IN EUROPE
THE NEED TO GO TO EUROPE
• DISILLUSIONED WITH UST
• FURTHER STUDY
• FULFILL A MISSION
(REDEMPTION OF THE
FILIPINOS FROM SPANISH
UNFAIR TREATMENT)
• MUCH LIBERTY IN SPAIN
THAN IN THE PHILIPPINES
DURING RIZAL TIME, EUROPE WAS THE CENTER
OF THE WORLD. EUROPE HOUSED ALL THE
GREATEST EMPIRES IN MODERN HISTORY
NAPLES, ITALY

• PANORAMIC BEAUTY
• SAW THE BEAUTIFUL MT
VESUVIUS AND VISITED
THE CASTLE OF ST.
THELMO
MARSEILLES, FRANCE
• JOSE VISITED CHATEAU
D’IF, A FAMOUS
LANDMARK IN COUNT OF
MONTE CRISTO
BARCELONA, SPAIN

• 2ND LARGEST CITY IN SPAIN

• AT FIRST, HE HAD UNFAVORABLE
IMPRESSIONS; UGLY, DIRTY INNS
AND INHOSPITABLE NEIGHBORS
• BUT THAT IMPRESSION
CHANGED, ATMOSPHERE OF
FREEDOM LIBERALISM
• STARTING TO WRITE A POEM
(AMOR PATRIO- FIRST POEM
OUTSIDE THE PHILIPPINES)
• USED THE PEN NAME LAONG
LAAN
MADRID, SPAIN
• ENROLLED IN
UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL
DE MADRID (MEDICINE
AND PHILOSOPHY AND
LETTERS)
• VICE-LOTTERY
• READ BOOKS
 RIZAL AND THE ILUSTRADOS
• PENINSULARES - SPANIARDS
LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES
BUT BORN IN SPAIN
• INSULARES - SPANIARDS
LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES
AND BORN IN THE
PHILIPPINES (THE FILIPINOS)
• MESTIZO - MIXTURE OF
BLOOD
• ILUSTRADO - ENLIGHTENED
ONE
RIZAL: THE FIRST FILIPINO
RIZAL AND THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
 MARCELO DEL PILAR- THE GREAT
JOURNALIST
GRACIANO LOPEZ JAENA- THE ORATOR
 RIZAL JOINED SEVERAL INTELLECTUAL
AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS.
HE EVEN JOINED THE MASONRY
HE ESTABLISHED ORGANIZATION SUCH AS
THEKIDLAT CLUB, INDIO BRAVO AND
REDEMPTION OF THE MALAY
HE WROTE ARTICLES TO LA SOLIDARIDAD-
THE CHIEF ORGAN OF THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
THE RELATIONSHIP OF RIZAL AND WITH THE
OTHER ILUSTRADOS
 RIZAL AS STINGY
RIZAL AS PERFECTIONIST
 MAXIMO VIOLA- SAVIOR OF NOLI ME TANGERE
VALENTIN VENTURA - SAVIOR OF EL FILIBUSTERISMO
 JUAN LUNA - SPOLARIUM
FELIX RESURRECCION HIDALGO-LAS VIRGENES
CRISTIANAS EXPUESTAS AL POPULACHO (THE
CHRISTIAN VIRGIN EXPOSED TO THE POPULACION)
THE ILUSTRADOS AND THEIR PSEUDONYMS

MARCELO DEL PILAR- PLARIDEL, DOLORES MANAPAT, PIPING DILAT,

JOSE RIZAL - P. JACINTO, DIMASALANG, LAONG LAAN
ANTONIO LUNA - TAGA ILOG
MARIANO PONCE- NANENG, KALIPULAKO, TIKBALANG
JOSE MARIA PANGANIBAN - JOMAPA
JUAN LUNA- J.B., BUAN
LEADERSHIP RIVALRY IN THE PROPAGANDA
MOVEMENT
RIZAL VS. DEL PILAR
RIZAL’S MONUMENT IN MADRID
PARIS, FRANCE

• COSTLIEST CAPITAL IN
EUROPE
• SPECIALIZATION IN
OPTHALMOLOGY (DR LOUIS
DE WECKER, FAMOUS
FRENCH OPTHALMOLOGIST)
• EXPERIENCED POVERTY DUE
TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT
PLACE JOSE RIZAL AT PARIS,
FRANCE
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
• NECKAR RIVER- FAVORITE
PLACE OF RIZAL TO RELAX AT
• WRITE A POEM TO THE
FLOWERS OF HEIDELBERG
• FORGET ME NOT - FAVORITE
FLOWER OF RIZAL
• A HISTORIC CITY ESTABLISHED
500 YEARS AFTER
• DR OTTO BECKER (RIZAL
WORK AS HIS ASSISTANT)
 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

• JOSE RIZAL MARKER IN

HEIDELBERG
WILHEMSFELD, GERMANY

• STAYED AT PASTOR KARL

ULMER RESIDENCE
• RIZAL SPENT 3 MONTHS
• STARTED TO HAVE
CONTACT WITH
FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT
(INTERESTED IN
PHILIPPINE LANGUAGES)
LEIPZEG, GERMANY
• RIZAL WORK AS A PROOF
• READER
• STAYED THERE FOR 2
MONTHS OWING TO ITS
LOWER COST OF LIVING
DRESDEN, GERMANY
• HEAR CATHOLIC MASS
BERLIN, GERMANY

• LIKED THE ATMOSPHERE

(ABSENCE OF RACE PREJUDICE)
• STUDY THE POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC CONDITION OF
GERMANY
• PUBLISH NOLI ME TANGERE
• FIRST ASIAN TO BE RECOGNIZED
BY EUROPEANS
• RIZAL WAS SUFFERING DUE TO
INSUFFICIENT FUND AND HE
THOUGHT TO HAVE
TUBERCULOSIS
RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR WITH MAXIMO VIOLA

• RECEIVED P1000 FROM

PACIANO AND PAID
MAXIMO VIOLA P300
• DRESDEN- REGIONAL
FLOWER EXPOSITION
• LEITMERITZ (AUSTRIA)-
MET WITH BLUMENTRITT
RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR WITH MAXIMO VIOLA

• PRAGUE- TOMB OF
COPERNICUS
• VIENNA, AUSTRIA -
VISITING BUILDING AND
HOLY IMAGES AND
STATUES
• DANUBE RIVER
• SALZBURG (BIRTH PLACE
OF MOZART)
RIZAL’S BUST IN PRAGUE
RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR WITH MAXIMO VIOLA

• MUNICH, GERMANY-
BEER
• NUREMBERG- HORRIBLE
MACHINES USED DURING
INQUISITION
• ULM- TALLEST AND
LARGEST CATHERDRAL
IN GERMANY
RIZAL’S GRAND TOUR WITH MAXIMO VIOLA

• SWITZERLAND- BASEL, BERN,

LAUSANNE
• GENEVA- SPENT 15 DAYS
INCLUDING THE
CELEBRATION OF HIS 26TH
BIRTHDAY. VIOLA RETURNED
TO BARCELONA
• RIZAL WENT TO ITALY (TURIN,
VENICE AND FLORENCE)
• ROME- CITY OF CAESAR
• VATICAN - CITY OF POPE
RIZAL’S MONUMENT IN ROME,
ITALY
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
• LIVED IN LONDON FROM MAY
1888 TO MARCH 1889
• IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE
OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
ANNOTATE MORGA’S SUCESOS
DE LOS ISLAS FILIPINAS
• SAFE PLACE TO CONTINUE ITS
FIGHT AGAINST SPANISH
TYRANNY
• LIVERPOOL - CELEBRATED
FOR ITS PORT
JOSE RIZAL PLAQUE INVLONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
WHAT IS EUROPE TODAY?
THANK YOU!!!